Jicarilla Apache Community Report, 2008

Demographics

An updated licensed driver count is not available for Jicarilla Apache for 2008. The total number of crashes in 2008 was 44.

General Crash Information

From 1999 to 2008 the number of crashes has shown no trend. Fatal and injury crashes have shown a downward trend from 2005 to 2008. Belt usage (as a percentage) has increased from last year, while belt usage in crashes involving visible and incapacitating injuries has not changed.

Alcohol-related Crash Information

Information about alcohol-involved crashes is included in all sections of this report. There were no reported DWI convictions or arrests in Jicarilla Apache in 2008.

Crash Specifics

Crashes involving Animals was the most common class, accounting for 41 percent of all crashes. Crashes involving Overturns resulted in fatalities. Passenger cars were the vehicle type most often involved in crashes, accounting for 37 percent of all vehicles in crashes. Pickups accounted for 27 percent of vehicles involved in crashes. Together these two vehicle types comprised 70 percent of the vehicles involved in injury crashes. The most common top contributing factors were Other, Driver inattention and Alcohol involvement. There was one fatal crash in 2008. The top contributing factor for the fatal crash was Excessive speed.

People in Crashes

Overall, males were 68 percent of drivers in crashes. They account for 50 percent of licensed drivers in Jicarilla Apache. No pedestrians were involved in crashes in 2008. In 2008, no 'Teenagers' and one Young Adult were killed in crashes in Jicarilla Apache. Statewide 14 percent of alcohol-involved drivers were under 21; in Jicarilla Apache 0 percent (0 of 5) were under 21.

Note: The 1999 crash file contains 15% fewer crashes than the 1998 file. This may be due to problems implementing the new system after the old system failed, or to under reporting. Care should be used in interpreting differences between 1999 and other years in this report.

Location of arrest/conviction was determined by police agency/court location, not driver residence.

Crashes and drivers were counted by the city of occurrence/residence.

Population was counted according to the Census definition.
The city population data is from the most current 2008 estimates.